Record

RefNoHS/21/40
LevelItem
TitleCopy letter, from Sir John Herschel to Dionysius Lardner, dated at 12 Charlotte St.
CreatorJohn Frederick William Herschel
Date28 February 1829
DescriptionCopy of letter, copied as part of the correspondence project led by Colonel John Herschel FRS following the death of his father. Accepts arrangement proposed by Dionysius Lardner. John Frederick William Herschel will write a volume on astronomy [Treatise Astr.], but will need time. 14852
LanguageEnglish
Extent2pp
FormatManuscript
Place origin12 Charlotte St., Portland Place, London
Origin coordinates51.51959, -0.13591
AccessStatusOpen
RelatedMaterialOriginal available: BostonPubLib Ms.Eng.530; copy: HS/11/114
RelatedRecordHS/11/114
URLDescriptionAlso available on Epsilon
URLhttps://epsilon.ac.uk/view/herschel/letters/Herschel8552
Fellows associated with this archive
CodePersonNameDates
NA8238Herschel; Sir; John Frederick William (1792 - 1871); astronomer1792 - 1871
NA3370Lardner; Dionysius (1793 - 1859); scientific writer1793 - 1859
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